Wu Tianxiao summoned Jia Youshi and said: "If you admire, do things quickly, it's best to rush back to Luomen Village before the sun sets." ”

After hearing this, Chen Qianhe immediately summoned a hundred households to explain: "You." To recruit these displaced people, the official must admonish. Then he said to Wu Tianxiao: "I'll go to the government to find the prefect and ask him to send an official ship to assist in Haidu." ”

Wu Tianxiao hurriedly said: "It's just right." I asked Jia Youshi to go into the city with you to buy food. Count on being able to take advantage of your official authority, and don't let the grain merchants take the opportunity to raise the price. ”

Chen Qianhe was mighty: "He dares." Whoever dared to raise the price of food too high in front of me, I immediately led someone to smash his shop. ”

Then Wu Tianxiao asked Jia Youshi to take all the rest of the money and prepare to go into the city to buy food.

In a short time, the soldiers of the guard station gathered all the displaced people in one place. Chen Qianhe stood on the carriage where Wu Tianxiao and them were transporting raw materials and shouted, "Listen to me." You disaster victims, you have met a great good person today. My Brother Wu, Master Wu. Seeing that you were displaced, hungry and cold, I couldn't bear it, so I wanted to recruit you to settle on Zhoushan Island. Wait a minute, I'll take someone into the city to buy food, and you have to obey the arrangement, and whoever dares to make a fucking mistake, I'll cut off his head." ”

When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed, at least they didn't have to be hungry, and some people said good things: "My lord is merciful." ”

"Wu Ye is a good person."

"Great good people have good rewards"

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Chen Qianhe jumped out of the carriage and said to Wu Tianxiao: "I'll go to the city first, and you can take care of the rest." Then he called a few hundred households to maintain law and order, and took Jia Youshi into the city.

Wu Tianxiao said goodbye to Chen Qianhe and got into the carriage, and said loudly to the crowd: "Everyone. In Xia Wu Tianxiao, Zhoushan people. I came to Ningbo Mansion today to buy some things, and when I passed by here, I couldn't bear to see Deer and others displaced. Don't panic, I have sent people into the city to buy food, and when the food is bought, they will have a meal. If you can trust me, you will go to Zhoushan with me to settle down. ”

"As long as you stutter, you will listen to the great good."

"It's all up to Master Wu's arrangement."

"As long as you stutter, this life will be sold to Wu Ye."

For a while, there was everything, buzzing and irritable. Wu Tianxiao raised his hands and pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet. Below, a guard shouted: "It's quiet, listen to Lord Wu." ”

After everyone quieted down, Wu Tianxiao said: "Now listen to my arrangement, the young and powerful ones are divided into two groups." One group went to collect some firewood, and when the food was bought, it was good to cook and eat. The other group went to the river to fetch water, and the rest of the people washed the pots and pans that could be used, and did not eat the dirty stuff in their stomachs, because if they ate it, it would be terrible. Everyone is diligent, God rewards hard work, natural disasters are disasters, but don't be discouraged by life, we can rush back to Zhoushan before sunset. ”

After listening to the instructions, some people consciously went to collect firewood, some dug earth and piled stoves, and some people carried pots and pans that they could bring to the river to wash and carry water. Fortunately, the Yao River is not far away, and it is not difficult to get water. And there are still a few families with iron pots, bowls and basins, wooden barrels and so on. Escaping from the wilderness, it is natural to take all the net worth that can be taken with you.

It's noon. Jia Youshi and Chen Qianhe came back with a group of people pushing a cart of grain, and there was an iron pot and some wooden bowls on the car. It turned out that Jia Youshi was careful that there was no rice and no pot, so he came back with a big iron pot by the way. Wu Tianxiao praised this. And Chen Qianhe also informed Wu Tianxiao that the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture had promised to send people to dispatch three official ships to Meixuwan Wharf to pick up people to cross the sea.

There are many people who are easy to do, and they cook rice when they have rice. Wu Tianxiao was careful that these homeless people had been hungry for too long and had a bad stomach, so he asked someone to cook the porridge. It wasn't until noon that more than 1,000 homeless people ate a cart of grain, and then they rolled up their tattered homes and headed for the Meixuwan Wharf. Subsequently, escorted by three official ships, it was not until the afternoon that the displaced people were sent to the wharf outside Zhoushan County.

Originally, Zhoushan County could reach Luomen Village directly by sea. Unfortunately, due to the ban on the Daming Sea, the sea route was restricted, except for some fishing boats going out to fish, only the warships of the Daming Navy Division could go to sea. And now the Daming Naval Division has long been abandoned, there is no one in ten warships, and no one knows about the routes, and the sailors have basically not gone to sea, so the routes are naturally scarce, and fewer and fewer people know about them. Luomen Village is just a fishing village, and there was no wharf or route at all before, so it was normal to not know how to go. Therefore, Wu Tianxiao had to take a large group of people to take the original old road, cross Maozhu Mountain, and walk more than ten miles of mountain roads to return to Luomen Village.

Sending people to Zhoushan Wharf, Chen Qianhe can be regarded as a bad hand. However, since Zhoushan Island is also under the jurisdiction of Chen Qianhe's Qianhu Guard, Chen Qianhe only asked others to go back, while he himself took dozens of guards from his headquarters to continue to maintain law and order.

When he arrived at Zhoushan Wharf, Wu Tianxiao predicted that he might not be able to return to Luomen Village today. Therefore, he asked someone to go back first, told the village chief about the displaced people, and asked him to take someone to unload some grain from the boat, steam some steamed buns, and boil some soup to prepare for the reception. On the one hand, he asked Chen Qianhe to take the homeless people first, and also asked Jia Youshi to escort the match materials, while he himself went to the county government to find Tang Zhixian. This matter must be known to Tang Zhixian, and it would be better if he could get a little help from the magistrate.

Let's say that Tang Zhixian learned that Wu Tianxiao had brought more than 1,000 victims to the island, and he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet. But he also knew that Wu Tianxiao didn't dare to offend, so he said bitterly: "Oops." My big hero. If you kill the widows, the official will help you. But this disaster cannot be solved by force. Zhoushan County has only 5,000 households and more than 20,000 people, and it is an outer island with no few acres of poor land, so it is not possible to feed more than 20,000 people, so it is necessary to go to Ningbo Prefecture for help every year. You have nothing to do now, but you have attracted so many victims, so how can you feed these people? ”

Wu Tianxiao said: "Lord Zhixian, I didn't say that I want you to feed these people. Now the match workshop is in the process of expanding and needs manpower. I recruited these people, firstly, I can use the work to provide disaster relief, and secondly, I can use the power of the victims to expand the workshop, killing two birds with one stone, why not? ”

Tang Zhixian was still embarrassed: "It's naturally a good thing that you want to expand the match workshop, but if you want to work for relief, it also depends on the situation, you can pick some young and strong people, but how can you bring back the women, children, the old and the weak together." Do you know how much food these people eat in a day? Where did I get so much food in Zhoushan County, this is not something that can be bought immediately if you have money. Now Nanzhili and Zhejiang are all affected by floods, and food is rising day by day. These victims were originally displaced by floods in Huizhou and Guangde. It was originally a land of fish and rice, but now it is difficult to protect itself from disasters. How can you be sure that these victims won't get into trouble because they don't have enough to eat? ”

Wu Tianxiao didn't expect this corrupt official to be able to do things, he just wanted him to know something, and he just wanted a verbal promise. Seeing that Tang Zhixian said this, he was not polite: "Lord Zhixian." As long as you don't care how I settle the victims, I promise that I won't let them cause trouble. ”

Tang Zhixian saw that there was a guarantee, so he hurriedly said like a burden: "As long as you, Wu Yingying, take on the affairs of the victims, I don't care how you settle the victims." But. Wu Yingying. If the victims are in trouble, you will have to bear all the consequences. ”

Wu Tianxiao promised: "Okay." If the victims make trouble, I will bear it. ”

Tang Zhixian hurriedly arrived: "There is no basis for what you say, are you willing to make a note?" ”